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Why the US far-right is obsessed — but very wrong — about the Byzantine Empire

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 06:16:44 +0000

White supremacists and QAnon enthusiasts often display medievalist imagery in rallies and riots; what is behind their adoption of the archaic Eastern Roman Empire?

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Seeds from 1,500-year-old Negev trash pits show a world on the brink of collapse

Mon, 27 Jul 2020 19:01:23 +0000

Study of 10,000 seeds from Negev viticulture settlements illustrates how plague, climate change and socioeconomic depression in booming empire's periphery point to its decline

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Opulent 1,500-year-old church to mystery ‘glorious martyr’ found at Beit Shemesh

Wed, 23 Oct 2019 08:41:19 +0000

Site yields rare intact crypt of anonymous martyr immortalized by Greek inscription; Jerusalem museum exhibit of findings showcases massive collection of delicate glass artifacts

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6th-century inscriptions near Galilee may show Christians’ fading Greek literacy

Thu, 25 Jul 2019 03:27:32 +0000

So far, 'Burnt Church' site at ongoing Hippos-Sussita Excavations Project has revealed three texts -- all of which were misspelled and had grammar errors, say archaeologists

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First artistic depiction of little known Exodus story uncovered in Galilee

Mon, 01 Jul 2019 18:28:06 +0000

Two biblical scenes recently uncovered at a fifth-century synagogue point to a preoccupation with the end of days, and perhaps a rebellious spirit

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Tiny 1,500-year-old flax lamp wick illuminates ancient Jewish law

Mon, 10 Dec 2018 10:40:09 +0000

Discovered in hitherto unpublished 1930s excavations in the Negev desert town of Shivta, the wick sheds light on how people banished darkness in the Byzantine era -- and before

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Jesus image, hidden in plain sight at Negev church, is one of earliest in Israel

Thu, 15 Nov 2018 09:17:05 +0000

Youth with 'short curly hair, a prolonged face, large eyes and an elongated nose' depicted in faint painting found in circa 6th century Byzantine church in ancient village Shivta

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Unique Byzantine-era winepresses unearthed in roofed water cistern in Tzippori

Sun, 10 Jun 2018 15:33:16 +0000

The only examples of their kind discovered to date, they are a testament to a flourishing wine trade in the interfaith city

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Hands-on education as Israeli teens excavate 1,500-year-old Byzantine church

Wed, 20 Dec 2017 12:10:41 +0000

Ahead of Ramat Beit Shemesh expansion, discovery of wonderfully preserved compound that was 'swept under the carpet' by later Islamic-period agriculture

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Police recover stolen ancient coins, lamps, other antiquities near Hebron

Thu, 11 May 2017 08:42:22 +0000

Some items dated to Hellenistic period over two millennia ago; trove said valued at tens of thousands of dollars

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Hoard of coins from 1,400-year-old Byzantine site tells story of Persian invasion

Sun, 19 Mar 2017 15:58:22 +0000

As Jewish and Sassanid troops marched on Jerusalem in 614 CE, Christian residents of village on main pilgrimage route hid their valuables; now, nine copper coins hidden in a niche have been recovered

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Inside the Samaritan high priest’s fruity sukkah, literally

Wed, 19 Oct 2016 16:43:43 +0000

While Jews use holiday to spend time outdoors, this ancient Israeli community, now numbering just 750, builds its festive huts indoors, and not out of wood, but fruit

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The kibbutz outside Jerusalem built atop an ancient palace

Sat, 17 Sep 2016 05:52:14 +0000

Ramat Rachel's Archaeological Gardens tell the story of the Roman legionnaires, Judean kings and Assyrian conquerors, and others who lived and built there

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2,700-year-old farmhouse unearthed outside Tel Aviv

Wed, 30 Dec 2015 12:40:42 +0000

Byzantine monastery with colorful mosaic, ancient silver coins also found nearby at site next to Rosh Ha'ayin

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Female jihadis train, misfire in new video

Fri, 10 Apr 2015 17:46:53 +0000

Clip features niqab-clad women chanting extremist slogans, firing assault rifles at site of ancient church

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